[pmmail-list] Spam -- your definition

[Brian Morrison]

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On Thu, 30 May 2002 12:58:23 -0400, Patrick R. Sklenar wrote:

>	I've had it happen once about 6 years ago.  I had just flown
>into MCO (Orlando FL USA).  As I went out to the pick up area to await
>my ride, I turned on my cell phone.  A few minutes later it rang.  It
>was some company welcoming me to the Orlando area & wanting to sell me
>tickets to the area attractions (Disney, Universal, Sea World, etc). 
>Very annoying.

That happens in a few places, including Helsinki. There's a tie up
between the network and the company that they plug, when your roaming
GSM phone registers on the local network and automatic SMS is sent with
the advert in it. Irritating it is, but it seems to happen once only.


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Brian Morrison                                  bdm@fenrir.org.uk

 "Almost noon, and she had yet to go the launderette in Concreton to 
 thaw out chickens in the spin-drier..."

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